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BARREL COVER.

No. 4013707. Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

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lrEORGE IV. LINDSEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TOJOSEPH B. ZUDDING, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

BARREL-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.401,707, dated April 16,1889.

Application filed November 6, 1888. Serial No. 290,100- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LINDSEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have in- 5 ventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Covers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a hinged cover for attachment to barrels, andis provided with T means which enable it to be readily attached anddetached.

The invention is illustrated in the accompan yin g drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a top view of the cover. Fig. 2 I is an inverted view of thecover. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a barrel and cover. Fig. 4

is a side view of part of a barrel, showing the cover in position; andFig. 5 is a view of one of the clips.

The cover is made in two sections,A A, connected by hinges 5. Onesection, A, is provided on its under surface with two clips, 0, whichare adapted to grip the chine or rim of a barrel, as shown in Fig. 3.These clips consist of a metal plate having its two ends bent at anangle and inclined toward each other, and its central part, (Z, betweenthe said two ends, is flat, so as to rest against the lower surface ofthe cover. A nailorscrew, e, passed through this flat center serves tofasten the clip to the cover. The two ends of the clip are yielding andspringy and thereby serve to grip the barrel-rin'l.

Itwill beunderstood that the two ends,which 3 5 incline toward eachother, take astride of the barrel-rim, and thereby the position of thecover is determined and it is properly located. The same section, A, ofthe cover is also provided with fastening-hooks F, which have at one endan eye, g, by which a staple or screw- 40 eye, 9', secures it to thecover-top, and a rightangle bend, it, and at the other end a benthook-point, i, which may be driven or forced into the staves k of thebarrel. The hooks E and clips C together serve to secure this section ofthe cover to the barrel in a rigid manner.

A dust-strip, Z, of sheet metal or other suitable material is secured tothe lower surface of section A and projects horizontally below the crackor joint between the two sectionsA A. The top of the cover-section A hastwo cleats,

m, to which ahandle, n,is attached. The ends m of the two cleats serveas a stop device when the cover-section A is raised or turned up, as inFig. 4.

This cover may be readily applied to a barrel and will be held to itrigidly, and may be as readily removed.

Having described my invention, I claim A cover made in two sectionswhich are connected by hinges, and one section provided on its underside with clips to take astridle of the barrel-rim, and also providedwith fasteninghooks whose ends maybe driveninto the barrel-stave".

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE \Y. LINDSEY.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN E. ll/IORRIS,

JNo. T. MADDoX.

